xiv + 114pp, 3 appendices, 32pp plates plus further illustrations. Signed by both compilers on title page. The first in-depth study on Locke & Co Ltd., filling a void in the history of porcelain in Worcester. The book covers the Locke family and relationships; the development of the the Porcelain Manufactory of E Locke & Co Ltd. of Shrub Hill Works, Worcester; factory life; reports from various Pottery Gazettes; known artists; the Court Case of 1902; the demise of the Company in 1915. Appendix III contains a register of shapes; a standard register of shapes; Locke porcelain without registered shape numbers; crested, mirror and commemorative china; crested items not bearing a shape number. An important addition to the famous history of porcelain in Worcester.

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